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Who we are

With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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What we do

Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Forman lecture

  • Sustaining Momentum for Nutrition Financing in the Global Development Agenda

    Recognizing France’s tremendous leadership of the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G), IFPRI and the Forman lecture selection Committee are delighted to announce that Her Excellency Éléonore Caroit, France’s Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Responsible for Francophonie, International Partnerships, and French Nationals Abroad has been invited to deliver the 35th…


Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture Committee

  • Shawn K. Baker, MPH, Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller International
  • Simon Barquera, Director, Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico, and President at World Obesity Federation
  • Alan Berg, Global Nutrition Advocate (previously with the World Bank)
  • Martin Lane CochranGrand daughter of Martin J. Forman
  • Matt Freeman, Executive Director, Stronger Foundations for Nutrition
  • Kenan FormanSon of Martin J. Forman
  • Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy; Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, IFPRI
  • Deanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRI
  • Abigail Perry, Global Program Lead, Nutrition, World Bank
  • Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, IFPRI

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